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'and we. do hereby declare that the following is a full JAMES TURN BULLAND WILLIAM TURNB'ULL, OF VANCOUVER, WASHING- TON TERRITORY.

Letters .Patent N 100,341, dated March 1, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all whom lt muy concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES TURNBULL and WIL- LIAM TURNBULL, of the cityof Vancouver, in the county of Ulaik, in the Territory ot' Washington,have invented a new and improved Curtain-Fixture;

and exact description ol' the saine, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters ot referencemarked thereon. f

Ourl invention consists ot` a cylinder or pipe, O, in which is placed apulley, A.

Figure 1 shows the construction of a variety, where the. cap I screws onat either end.

Figure 2, the pulley A, stem F, and center.and tangs G. v

Figure 3 shows a construction where lugs, K, are used in fastening thepipe O to the wall, in their ends being screw-holes.

Figure '4 shows ,a piece of metal intended to be placed on the edge ot'the curtain.

Ihe curtain-cord passes around the pulley A, the pulley being in thelower turnot' the cord.

Ihis pulley A is peculiarin having a boss on either side, seen at G,tig. 2, and ou plan at A, lig. 1 The diameter is almost as great as atthe inner part of theppc C.

The pipe C is provided with a slot, B, in which A rises or falls freely,it being open at the lower end in order to put in the pulley.

rlhe bosses described above prevent the pulley from falling out ot' theslot.

Around the stom F a spiral spring, D, is coiled, which presses thecurtain-cord in the lower turn through the. pulley A, and its center andtangs G, all ot' which is within the pipe C except a 'small partof theperiphery ot' the pulley A, seen at a, tig. 3.

The ends ot' the pipe may benishedin many ways; the inventors u sh todescribe three ways of so doing: First, by a cap, I either inside oroutside the pipe C, fastened by screws around its circumference; second,bya cap fastened by a pin, rivet, or screw passing through the shell inthe direction ot'the diameter; or, third, by a plug of wood introducedon the inside of the pipe, or on the outside, as in the manner of themetal one described for No. 2.

In addition to the lugs K, the inventors describe another method offastening the'pipe G tothe jamb. viz:

A large hole, H, is bored through. thc outside of the pipe ou each end,(see gs 1 and 3,) large enough to allow a screw-head to pass throughtieely. The inside 'running through the eye-hole `in A, make a centertherefor; or the tangs may be drilled, and a rivet put through. Anannular groove, E, may be made ou the stem F.

The piece L, lig. 4, is made of a flat piece ot metal, through whichholes are pierced for sewing or attaching to the'cloth, and at the sideis a projection, through which is a large hole, large enough to allowthe curtain-cord J to pass freely. or twisted, s0 that its face or flatpart is at right augles to that on the curtain. This piece might be castinstead of being made in this way. n

v Its use is for this purpose:

When the window is up, the wind sometimes dashes the curtain and stickviolently against the wall, marring it or objects near, and damage isdone sometimes to other windows; `the curtains get to rattling' andbreak the glass. 1t is also useful for another purpose, that ot'keepingthe curtain straight on the roller as it is raised or lowered.

The reason for using a spring in connection with the cord-pulley, isthat all cordage is slack at times, and tense at others, as it may bedry or, damp, and by the means described above, these dililculties areovercome, and the curtain is always'iu adjustment for use.

Claim. v \Ve claim the slotted pipe C, the spiral spring I), stem F,tangs G, pulley A, lugs K, and holes H; also piece L, and manner ot'making cap I, when used in combination as described, and for the purposeset forth.

` J AMES TURNBULL.

WILLIAM 'IURNBULL Witnesses:

C. HOPKINS, W. W. Stimmen.

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